Publications
*denotes equal authorship contributions
Bailey, E.R.,* Carter, J.T.,* Iyengar, S.S., & Galinsky, A.D. (in press). The Privilege to be Yourself Depends on What Others Think of You: Social Status Increases Authenticity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Ponce de Leon, R.* & Bailey, E.R.* (2025). The Preeminence of Communality in the Leadership Preferences of Followers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Osborne, M.R.* & Bailey, E.R.* (2025). Me vs. The Machine? Subjective Evaluations of Self- and AI-Generated Advice. Scientific Reports.
Horton, C.B., Bailey, E.R., & Iyengar, S.S. (2024). Pinning Down State Authenticity: Defining and Validating a State Authenticity Measure. Self and Identity.
Park, Y., Bailey, E.R., & Kuwabara, K. (2024). Why Does It Feel So Fake? Overcoming Authenticity Challenges in Professional Networking. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
Martinez, M.J., White, M.W., Bailey, E.R., Smeallie, E., Hoffman, L., Chapas, A.M., Lee, N., Iyengar, S.S., & Rieder, E.A. (2024). Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Procedures Increase Feelings of Authenticity. Dermatologic Surgery.
Bailey, E.R., Krautter, K., Wu, W., Galinsky, A.D., & Jachimowicz, J.M. (2024). A Potential Pitfall of Passion: Passion is Associated with Performance Overconfidence. Social Psychological and Personality Science. [OSF].
Media Coverage incl. Harvard Business Review (by us!)
Bailey, E.R., White, M.W., Iyengar, S.S., & Akinola, M. (2024). Americans Misperceive the Frequency and Format of Political Debate. Scientific Reports. [OSF].
Media Coverage incl. Vox, Berkeley Newsroom
Rossignac-Milon, M.,* Pillemer, J.,* Bailey, E.R., Horton, C.B., & Iyengar, S.S. (2024). Just Be Real With Me: Perceived Partner Authenticity Promotes Relationship Initiation via Shared Reality. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. [OSF].
Bailey, E.R. & Iyengar, S.S. (2023). Positive—More than Unbiased—Self-Perceptions Increase Subjective Authenticity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [OSF].
Bailey, E.R., Wang, D.J., Soule, S.A., & Rao, H. (2023). How Tilly's WUNC Works: Bystander Evaluations of Social Movement Signals Lead to Mobilization. American Journal of Sociology.
Bailey, E.R. & Levy, A. (2022). Are you for Real? Perceptions of Authenticity are Systematically Biased and Not Accurate. Psychological Science. [OSF].
Media Coverage incl. Salon, Psychology Today
Bailey, E.R. & Iyengar, S.S. (2022). Yours Truly: On the Complex Relationship Between Honesty and Authenticity. Current Opinion in Psychology.
Bailey, E.R., Horton, C.B., & Galinsky, A.D. (2022). Enclothed Harmony or Enclothed Dissonance? The Effect of Attire on the Authenticity, Power, and Engagement of Remote Workers. Academy of Management Discoveries. [OSF].
Media Coverage incl. AOM Insights, Wall St. Journal, NPR, Yahoo Finance, Fast Company, Axios
Wang, K., Bailey, E.R., & Jachimowicz, J.M. (2022). The Passionate Pygmalion Effect: Passion Produces Greater Performance in Part Because of Preferential Treatment by Others. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. [OSF].
Bailey, E.R.,* Matz, S.C.,* Youyou, W., & Iyengar, S.S. (2020). Authentic Self-Expression on Social Media is Associated with Greater Subjective Well-Being. Nature Communications. [OSF]. Behind the Paper Blog here.
Media Coverage incl. Scientific American (by us!), CNN Health, Ideas at Work
Jachimowicz, J.M., Wihler, A., Bailey, E.R., & Galinsky, A.D. (2018). Why Grit Requires Perseverance and Passion to Positively Predict Performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [OSF].
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Media Coverage incl. Press Release, Scientific American, FastCompany